Issue Articles
Django: The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend
Although France may have only produced two jazz musicians of real genius, those two musicians alone give France pretty respectable bragging rights: Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Their quintet recordings […]
Fest Focus: Mavis Staples
Imagine a young Bob Dylan and an equally young Mavis Staples—married. It could have happened, according to Mavis. She recently told the story via telephone from her Chicago condo that faces cold Lake Michigan.
Stacey Kent, Dreamsville (Candid/Artists Only! Records)
Stacey Kent: Dreamsville (Candid/Artists Only! Records)
Sergent Garcia, Un Poquito Quema’o (Higher Octave)
Sergent Garcia
Fredy Omar con su Banda, Desde Nueva Orleans (Louisiana Red Hot Records)
Fredy Omar con su Banda
Guardians of the Flame, New Way Pocky Way (First Tribe)
“This is the New Way Pocky Way for the New Day.” – Victoria Harrison, Age 7. So opens this intriguing and powerful record that embraces the Mardi Gras Indian heritage. […]
